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Seminar Series on Sustainable Development
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Michael Sheehy)
Fri May 2 11:24:31 2003
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Interested in sustainable development? Interested in making money, while
improving our environment? Want to use your engineering skills to do
something other than another problem set? Are you curious about the role
of policy-makers in sustainable development and globalization?
If you answered yes to any of the above questions, and you would like to
hear more about solution-oriented methods for the implementation of
sustainable development, then make sure to check out the following:
The First Annual Earth Day Seminar Series on Sustainable Development
The Challenge of Building a Sustainable Eco-Friendly Business
Robin Chase, Founder of Zipcar
Tuesday May 6, 2003 at 5:30PM in 4-231
Robin Chase, (SM '86) will talk about the trade-offs and priorities Zipcar
made as it grew its business from concept to the provision of service to
almost 7000 members in three cities.
Clean Water for One Billion People? - The Role of Sustainable Technologies
Susan Murcott, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at MIT
Thursday May 8, 2003 at 5:30PM in 4-237
Susan Murcott ('90, SM '92) will talk about the application of innovative
and sustainable technologies in water and wastewater treatment in the
developing world. She has worked in Haiti, Nepal and Brazil, in both rural
and urban settings that face water quality problems.
Sustainable Governance: Can We Regulate the Environmental and Labor Impacts
of Globalization?
Professor Dara O'Rourke, Department of Urban Studies and Planning at MIT
Monday May 12, 2003 at 5:30PM in 56-114
Professor O'Rourke ('89) will speak about strategies for regulating global
production systems - particularly sweatshops and industrial pollution -
through new systems of governance. he will assess current critiques of
traditional government regulatory strategies, and discuss emerging
non-governmental systems for governing labor and environmental impacts of
globalization.
each presentation will be around 45 min, followed by lively and interesting
discussion
snacks and refreshments provided
hosted by: Students for Global Sustainability, Engineers Without Frontiers,
MIT Large Events Funding
http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/www/edss.html
Please forward to any interested parties
Apologies in advance for any cross-listing
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<i>Interested in sustainable development? Interested in making
money, while improving our environment? Want to use your
engineering skills to do something other than another problem set?
Are you curious about the role of policy-makers in sustainable
development and globalization? <br><br>
</i>If you answered yes to any of the above questions, and you would like
to hear more about solution-oriented methods for the implementation of
sustainable development, then make sure to check out the
following:<br><br>
<font size=4><b>The First Annual Earth Day Seminar Series on Sustainable
Development<br><br>
</font>The Challenge of Building a Sustainable Eco-Friendly
Business<br>
</b>Robin Chase, Founder of Zipcar<br>
Tuesday May 6, 2003 at 5:30PM in 4-231<br>
Robin Chase, (SM '86) will talk about the trade-offs and priorities
Zipcar made as it grew its business from concept to the provision of
service to almost 7000 members in three cities.<br><br>
<br>
<b>Clean Water for One Billion People? - The Role of Sustainable
Technologies<br>
</b>Susan Murcott, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at
MIT<br>
Thursday May 8, 2003 at 5:30PM in 4-237<br>
Susan Murcott ('90, SM '92) will talk about the application of innovative
and sustainable technologies in water and wastewater treatment in the
developing world. She has worked in Haiti, Nepal and Brazil, in both
rural and urban settings that face water quality problems. <br><br>
<br>
<b>Sustainable Governance: Can We Regulate the Environmental and Labor
Impacts of Globalization?<br>
</b>Professor Dara O'Rourke, Department of Urban Studies and Planning at
MIT<br>
Monday May 12, 2003 at 5:30PM in 56-114<br>
Professor O'Rourke ('89) will speak about strategies for regulating
global production systems - particularly sweatshops and industrial
pollution - through new systems of governance. he will assess current
critiques of traditional government regulatory strategies, and discuss
emerging non-governmental systems for governing labor and environmental
impacts of globalization. <br><br>
each presentation will be around 45 min, followed by lively and
interesting discussion<br><br>
snacks and refreshments provided<br><br>
hosted by: Students <i>for </i>Global Sustainability, Engineers Without
Frontiers, MIT Large Events Funding<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/www/edss.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/sfgs/www/edss.html</a><br><br>
Please forward to any interested parties<br>
Apologies in advance for any cross-listing<br>
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